Troy Davis has been executed

FIDH is outraged at the execution of Troy Davis, declared dead on the 21st September 2011 at 11:08 pm (Georgia - USA - time). This execution is shameful. It condemns a man whose guilt has never been proven after more than twenty years of proceedings, and who never stopped claiming his innocence. Troy Davis’ execution confirms the inhumane character of the death penalty. He waited for more than twenty years in the death rows and was previously confronted to 3 last-minute delays of execution procedures. It jeopardises a entire system that is capable of executing possibly innocent people. The USA have to urgently engage in the path of total abolition of the death penalty.